Bryan MacNeill
@brythebotanist.bsky.social
Postdoctoal Researcher @CornellEEB 🌱 Black Lives Matter🧑🏻🔬 #iamabotanist 🌻 Views are mine 🌺
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Perhaps the best paper title of the year has been dropped 🧪🎤
Former lab member @njorisfleck.bsky.social and colleagues just showed that some carnivorous plants do CAM photosynthesis! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Yes, we CAM! First evidence of CAM photosynthesis in a carnivorous plant
Evidence for weak, facultative CAM is reported for the first time in a carnivorous plant, i.e., in Mexican representatives of Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae).
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Perhaps the best paper title of the year has been dropped 🧪🎤
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How fast do plants actually grow? And which growth processes matter most for organ size?
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
A multiscale growth atlas of Arabidopsis: linking cell dynamics to organ development
Plant development depends on coordinated growth at cellular and organ scales, yet comparative analyses are hindered by inconsistent reporting of growth across studies. We conducted a meta-analysis o.....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
How fast do plants actually grow? And which growth processes matter most for organ size?
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
So excited to have been a part of this work!!!
On the cover of our #LatestIssue: Photo of a Joshua #tree (Yucca jaegeriana) at dawn in the Mojave #Desert. Image courtesy of Karolina Heyduk.
📖 See Heyduk et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📖 See Heyduk et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
So excited to have been a part of this work!!!
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Sign up for @laymonstera.bsky.social's free ASPT @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social webinar, "Phylogenomics and macroevolution of a florally diverse Neotropical plant clade," featuring phylogenomics, biogeography, niche & pollinator evolution!
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@tropicalbotany.bsky.social
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@tropicalbotany.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Sign up for @laymonstera.bsky.social's free ASPT @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social webinar, "Phylogenomics and macroevolution of a florally diverse Neotropical plant clade," featuring phylogenomics, biogeography, niche & pollinator evolution!
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@tropicalbotany.bsky.social
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@tropicalbotany.bsky.social
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Excited to share I have defended my PhD dissertation.
Thanks a bunch to colleagues and friends that helped and collaborated along this journey!
Thanks a bunch to colleagues and friends that helped and collaborated along this journey!
I’m so proud of my grad student @evoyeyo.bsky.social for defending his @lsubiosci.bsky.social PhD thesis on macroevolution of #Brachyotum and the broader Andean flora today. Felicidades, Dr. Paredes-Burneo!! ⛰️🧬🌻🥳👨🏽🎓🇵🇪
October 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Excited to share I have defended my PhD dissertation.
Thanks a bunch to colleagues and friends that helped and collaborated along this journey!
Thanks a bunch to colleagues and friends that helped and collaborated along this journey!
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This is my kinda college hotel. My room has a coffee table book of all the plants on campus, organized phylogenetically! At Huazhong Agricultural University.
October 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This is my kinda college hotel. My room has a coffee table book of all the plants on campus, organized phylogenetically! At Huazhong Agricultural University.
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It was a real pleasure to speak with Sofie as part of the @disabledscientists.com podcast series!
In this episode, I interview Dr Kelsey Byers - @plantpollinator.bsky.social.
It was a joy to record and I hope you enjoy listening to this edit focusing on disability, advocacy, and research into pollinators and floral scents.
🐝 Norfolk bees!
www.disabledscientists.com/2437552/epis...
It was a joy to record and I hope you enjoy listening to this edit focusing on disability, advocacy, and research into pollinators and floral scents.
🐝 Norfolk bees!
www.disabledscientists.com/2437552/epis...
3. Dr Kelsey Byers - Disabled Scientists
What do EDS, POTS, and floral scents have in common? In this episode, Sofie speaks with Dr Kelsey Byers, a disabled evolutionary chemical ecologist, about developing identity as a disabled person...
www.disabledscientists.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It was a real pleasure to speak with Sofie as part of the @disabledscientists.com podcast series!
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Work with 4-5th graders? Check out our 'Coral Reefs & Our Changing Oceans' 3-part lesson series on OER Commons! 🪸👩🏫
Students build a coral reef food web, then explore how human impacts influence it through hands-on group activities!
oercommons.org/courseware/l...
#TEKS #NGSS #K-12 #teachersky
Students build a coral reef food web, then explore how human impacts influence it through hands-on group activities!
oercommons.org/courseware/l...
#TEKS #NGSS #K-12 #teachersky
4-5th Grade Lesson: Coral Reefs & Our Changing Oceans
This three-part series of 50-minute lessons on 'Coral Reefs & Our Changing Oceans' aligns with Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills Standards for 4-5th Grade Science. It covers: (1) Coral Reefs & their ...
oercommons.org
October 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Work with 4-5th graders? Check out our 'Coral Reefs & Our Changing Oceans' 3-part lesson series on OER Commons! 🪸👩🏫
Students build a coral reef food web, then explore how human impacts influence it through hands-on group activities!
oercommons.org/courseware/l...
#TEKS #NGSS #K-12 #teachersky
Students build a coral reef food web, then explore how human impacts influence it through hands-on group activities!
oercommons.org/courseware/l...
#TEKS #NGSS #K-12 #teachersky
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Excited to share this work, out today in MBE! In polar fishes, we found that antifreeze protein genes expanded in copy number at low temperatures and contracted in the deep sea, highlighting a role of depth and pressure in AFP evolution.
🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
October 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Excited to share this work, out today in MBE! In polar fishes, we found that antifreeze protein genes expanded in copy number at low temperatures and contracted in the deep sea, highlighting a role of depth and pressure in AFP evolution.
🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
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The global whaling industry experienced a boom c. 1840-1950 as technology allowed whalers to hunt the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
Under standard models, we would have expected krill populations to have *exploded*.
Instead, they DROPPED exponentially.
Let's talk about the KRILL PARADOX.
Under standard models, we would have expected krill populations to have *exploded*.
Instead, they DROPPED exponentially.
Let's talk about the KRILL PARADOX.
October 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The global whaling industry experienced a boom c. 1840-1950 as technology allowed whalers to hunt the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
Under standard models, we would have expected krill populations to have *exploded*.
Instead, they DROPPED exponentially.
Let's talk about the KRILL PARADOX.
Under standard models, we would have expected krill populations to have *exploded*.
Instead, they DROPPED exponentially.
Let's talk about the KRILL PARADOX.
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A treat to hear from (and briefly chat with) @plantteaching.bsky.social today at the #NBIAST2025 event today
October 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A treat to hear from (and briefly chat with) @plantteaching.bsky.social today at the #NBIAST2025 event today
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Zagrosia persica (Hausskn.) Speta
Syn: Scilla persica
Asparagaceae
Iran
April 2025
Elevation 1800m
#scilla #Asparagaceae
Syn: Scilla persica
Asparagaceae
Iran
April 2025
Elevation 1800m
#scilla #Asparagaceae
October 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Zagrosia persica (Hausskn.) Speta
Syn: Scilla persica
Asparagaceae
Iran
April 2025
Elevation 1800m
#scilla #Asparagaceae
Syn: Scilla persica
Asparagaceae
Iran
April 2025
Elevation 1800m
#scilla #Asparagaceae
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Gawking at hawking
Hummingbird hawk moth
Canon R5 and Sigma 150mm
SS1/2500 F8 ISO3200
Hummingbird hawk moth
Canon R5 and Sigma 150mm
SS1/2500 F8 ISO3200
October 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Gawking at hawking
Hummingbird hawk moth
Canon R5 and Sigma 150mm
SS1/2500 F8 ISO3200
Hummingbird hawk moth
Canon R5 and Sigma 150mm
SS1/2500 F8 ISO3200
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super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
www.popsci.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
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A new Jurassic fossil from Scotland, Breugnathair elgolensis, shows a combination of snake-like jaws and teeth with a lizard-like body and limbs, providing direct evidence of diverse squamate traits early in their history.
#Paleontology #Evolution #Fossils
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Paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Paleontology #Evolution #Fossils
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Paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Scientists uncover a mysterious Jurassic lizard with snake-like jaws
A strange Jurassic lizard discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Skye is shaking up what we know about snake evolution. Named Breugnathair elgolensis, the “false snake of Elgol” combined hook-like, python-s...
www.sciencedaily.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A new Jurassic fossil from Scotland, Breugnathair elgolensis, shows a combination of snake-like jaws and teeth with a lizard-like body and limbs, providing direct evidence of diverse squamate traits early in their history.
#Paleontology #Evolution #Fossils
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Paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Paleontology #Evolution #Fossils
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Paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Okay I really actually need to spend my weekend writing.
October 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Okay I really actually need to spend my weekend writing.
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📢Paper alert!🐝🪻 We studied flower advertising and temperature on Royal irises. Flowers heat 10-35 min faster than ambient, likely offering the pollinators a head start in the morning. @telavivuni.bsky.social @yuvalsapir.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jpe/article/...
academic.oup.com/jpe/article/...
Flower display and temperature in Royal irises (Iris section Oncocyclus, Iridaceae)
Abstract. Large flowers are typically more conspicuous to pollinators and are associated with more nutritional rewards than small flowers. Flower size can
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September 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
📢Paper alert!🐝🪻 We studied flower advertising and temperature on Royal irises. Flowers heat 10-35 min faster than ambient, likely offering the pollinators a head start in the morning. @telavivuni.bsky.social @yuvalsapir.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jpe/article/...
academic.oup.com/jpe/article/...
You know you are reading a lot when you get this message:
September 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
You know you are reading a lot when you get this message:
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📢 Happening this Friday! Join us for the #Botany360 Graduate Research Fellowship Writing Panel on Oct 3, 2025 at 1 pm ET.
Hear from reviewers & grad students on writing strong NSF GRFP applications + fellowship tips. Free & open to students!
Register:
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#IamaBotanist
Hear from reviewers & grad students on writing strong NSF GRFP applications + fellowship tips. Free & open to students!
Register:
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#IamaBotanist
September 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
📢 Happening this Friday! Join us for the #Botany360 Graduate Research Fellowship Writing Panel on Oct 3, 2025 at 1 pm ET.
Hear from reviewers & grad students on writing strong NSF GRFP applications + fellowship tips. Free & open to students!
Register:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#IamaBotanist
Hear from reviewers & grad students on writing strong NSF GRFP applications + fellowship tips. Free & open to students!
Register:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#IamaBotanist
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Super excited about this review/new data preprint on aquatic plant photosynthetic methods - turns out its *hard* to measure stuff underwater! Led by awesome grad in the lab @ellliieee.bsky.social with postdoc @wickellomics.bsky.social and some brilliant people at LiCor! 💧🌿
Techniques and challenges in studying photosynthetic diversity in freshwater aquatic vascular plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.24.677520v1
September 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Super excited about this review/new data preprint on aquatic plant photosynthetic methods - turns out its *hard* to measure stuff underwater! Led by awesome grad in the lab @ellliieee.bsky.social with postdoc @wickellomics.bsky.social and some brilliant people at LiCor! 💧🌿
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Steve Silberman is so pissed about this Tylenol bullshit that he's screaming from the afterlife he didn't even believe in.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
September 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Steve Silberman is so pissed about this Tylenol bullshit that he's screaming from the afterlife he didn't even believe in.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
Was very excited (easy to see lol) to receive a postdoc achievement award for excellence in mentorship yesterday at the Cornell postdoc association meeting!
September 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Was very excited (easy to see lol) to receive a postdoc achievement award for excellence in mentorship yesterday at the Cornell postdoc association meeting!
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Pleased that the Manning #Herbarium at Bucknell University is among 400 surveyed for this new paper -- and especially to be among the 261 small collections caring for 7.6 million specimens! #iamabotanist @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
September 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Pleased that the Manning #Herbarium at Bucknell University is among 400 surveyed for this new paper -- and especially to be among the 261 small collections caring for 7.6 million specimens! #iamabotanist @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....